Rising Stars Battle of the Bands

This past weekend we had the first ever Rising Stars Battle of the Bands, in which the winner will play at Rock for Hunger Fest 3 on Saturday November 15, 2008. The first round got all kicked off at Central Station on Saturday with Pop Suicide, Mechanical Mayhem, and Lunatic Picnic. This battle of the bands was based on a point system which gave bands points for pre-selling tickets, people coming to see them on the day of the show, volunteering, wearing the RFH shirts, and their fans brining canned goods. It was a really tight race on Saturday with Pop Suicide coming out on top.

Sunday was a really amazing show at Back Booth with three amazing bands: Black Ship Sky, Built to be Broken, and Satellite. All bands had a very high score, but Black Ship Sky killed it by scoring in every category. The band had almost all of their friends bring in canned goods, and sold all of their pre sale tickets. They volunteered on Monday night, promote Rock for Hunger on XL, and were all rocking the shirt on stage. Both Black Ship Sky and Pop Suicide are going to go to the final round to be in October with the winner of August 30th and a wild card pick. This wild card just may come from the Sunday show.